GeorgiaMum2011
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What is the name of your state?
Georgia.
Theres a lot behind this and im typing on my phone.. So I apologize.
When we started renting this apartment it was very torn apart. We still paid a security deposit and fixed the apartment up ourselves.. Had permission to paint, etc. The previous tenants literally glued things to the walls and siliconed almost everything shut. There was a huge pile of things out back that the landlord said hed haul off.
I have a young son and this apartment was only meant to be a temporary means to an end.. So I did have a roommate. I gave her privacy and she was a friend and coworker.. So I thought I knew her fairly well.
The cable hookup for some reason was in her room. One day I ended up having to reset it.. And there was trash halfway up my shin all over her floor. I told her to clean it.. She did. I checked again a week or two later.. More trash. Worse this time. 2 liters busted everywhere.. Pizza boxes half full.. Etc. I cleaned it then and there. Told her she needs to replace the carpet and she agreed.
A few weeks later.. Trash again. I kept begging her to stop and pick up after herself. Parts of the previously off white carpet are brown and black. I talked to the landlord and I told my roommate that once the lease was up.. She needed to leave but she would need to fix the carpet. Landlord doesnt know about the carpet damage. I had found the same carpet and was hoping it would all be done by now. However.. Two months later and she still has an insnely dirty mattress in that room. I keep hearing, "my next day off Ill do it".. Yea. Sure.
That brings me to now. Landlord is now blaming me for the pile of trash in the back. My son has never been able to play back in the yard because of it. Tons of metal and glass. The neighbors have been adding to it. Theres now furniture, etc.. Come to find out that the landlord TOLD people to do this.. And hes telling me to call cops on people who add to it.. But I cant prove who did it!
He told me to burn everything or haul it off. I dont have the money to fix the issue he created and theres a burn ban. I came home yesterday from the store (ran an errand for my step mom who lives two doors down) and the landlord had shown up and set the pile on fire.. Its maybe 10 feet from my back patio and surrounded by trees. He planned to LEAVE IT UNATTENDED and Id probably have gotten fined for it. Anyway, I got out of thr car and he chases me down in front of my dads apartment.. And starts saying hes evicting me for the pile. Its my fault, etc.. Even though he was telling people to do it. He was drinking heavily.
My step mom overhears this.. And (they have a different landlord) hes on their doorstep and in their yard now.. Laying into me and threatening me in front of children.. And she lays back into him. I ask her to go inside.. My dad comes out and tells him to leave their property.. My landlord gets in his face. Calls them all kinds of names. It got vulgar on both sides. He tells the world hes evicting me.
By this time, ive already called the fire department because of the burn ban and I was not getting stuck with that fine. The fire was taller than our building and its a miracle it didnt apread.
I'm at a loss. I havent had time to replace my ex roommates carpet. Her stuff is still there..
But I did want to see the extent of the damage she caused and I pulled up a corner.. The padding has to be replaced as well.
At this point.. I feel like I'm likely to be sued over that room. The other parts of the upstairs carpet are stained by juice (which ive tried so many times to clean.. I dont know what else to do).. But the carpet was also stained before we moved in. The landlord hasnt fiixed the dishwasher or the garbage disposal.. And its the same in all four of his apartments. The entire establishment would likely fail an inspection.
Would it be more beneficial to remove the carpet and padding in my ex roommates room to alleviate some of the work that will have to be done after I leave? Would it benefit me at all to show that the damage was because of my roommate?
I just need advice. Im lost. I was afraid of telling him about the damage (shes still not completely moved out. I did say in passing that she's super disgusting) because I was afraid id be the one held responsible.
Georgia.
Theres a lot behind this and im typing on my phone.. So I apologize.
When we started renting this apartment it was very torn apart. We still paid a security deposit and fixed the apartment up ourselves.. Had permission to paint, etc. The previous tenants literally glued things to the walls and siliconed almost everything shut. There was a huge pile of things out back that the landlord said hed haul off.
I have a young son and this apartment was only meant to be a temporary means to an end.. So I did have a roommate. I gave her privacy and she was a friend and coworker.. So I thought I knew her fairly well.
The cable hookup for some reason was in her room. One day I ended up having to reset it.. And there was trash halfway up my shin all over her floor. I told her to clean it.. She did. I checked again a week or two later.. More trash. Worse this time. 2 liters busted everywhere.. Pizza boxes half full.. Etc. I cleaned it then and there. Told her she needs to replace the carpet and she agreed.
A few weeks later.. Trash again. I kept begging her to stop and pick up after herself. Parts of the previously off white carpet are brown and black. I talked to the landlord and I told my roommate that once the lease was up.. She needed to leave but she would need to fix the carpet. Landlord doesnt know about the carpet damage. I had found the same carpet and was hoping it would all be done by now. However.. Two months later and she still has an insnely dirty mattress in that room. I keep hearing, "my next day off Ill do it".. Yea. Sure.
That brings me to now. Landlord is now blaming me for the pile of trash in the back. My son has never been able to play back in the yard because of it. Tons of metal and glass. The neighbors have been adding to it. Theres now furniture, etc.. Come to find out that the landlord TOLD people to do this.. And hes telling me to call cops on people who add to it.. But I cant prove who did it!
He told me to burn everything or haul it off. I dont have the money to fix the issue he created and theres a burn ban. I came home yesterday from the store (ran an errand for my step mom who lives two doors down) and the landlord had shown up and set the pile on fire.. Its maybe 10 feet from my back patio and surrounded by trees. He planned to LEAVE IT UNATTENDED and Id probably have gotten fined for it. Anyway, I got out of thr car and he chases me down in front of my dads apartment.. And starts saying hes evicting me for the pile. Its my fault, etc.. Even though he was telling people to do it. He was drinking heavily.
My step mom overhears this.. And (they have a different landlord) hes on their doorstep and in their yard now.. Laying into me and threatening me in front of children.. And she lays back into him. I ask her to go inside.. My dad comes out and tells him to leave their property.. My landlord gets in his face. Calls them all kinds of names. It got vulgar on both sides. He tells the world hes evicting me.
By this time, ive already called the fire department because of the burn ban and I was not getting stuck with that fine. The fire was taller than our building and its a miracle it didnt apread.
I'm at a loss. I havent had time to replace my ex roommates carpet. Her stuff is still there..
But I did want to see the extent of the damage she caused and I pulled up a corner.. The padding has to be replaced as well.
At this point.. I feel like I'm likely to be sued over that room. The other parts of the upstairs carpet are stained by juice (which ive tried so many times to clean.. I dont know what else to do).. But the carpet was also stained before we moved in. The landlord hasnt fiixed the dishwasher or the garbage disposal.. And its the same in all four of his apartments. The entire establishment would likely fail an inspection.
Would it be more beneficial to remove the carpet and padding in my ex roommates room to alleviate some of the work that will have to be done after I leave? Would it benefit me at all to show that the damage was because of my roommate?
I just need advice. Im lost. I was afraid of telling him about the damage (shes still not completely moved out. I did say in passing that she's super disgusting) because I was afraid id be the one held responsible.
